Wire fence



(No Model.)

G. M. DE-PEW.

WIRE FENCE.

No. 495,029. Patented Apr. 11, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE M. DEPEVV, OF CANANDAIGUA, NEWV YORK.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 495,029, dated April11, 1893.

Applicatiun filed February 26, 1892. Serial No. 422,862. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern; i

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. DEPEW, a citizen of the United States,residing atOanandaigua, in the county of Ontario and State of New York,have invented a new and useful \Vire Fence, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in clips for wire fences, andespecially to a clip for securing the crossed wires in a panel and therunners of a panel to each post, and has for its object to providea-clip that is normally provided with a re-entrant looped bend andelongated parallel legs to adapt the same to be mounted over roundedsurfaces and form a connecting clamp or tie; and with this object inview, theinvention consists in the construction and arrangement of partsas will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an isometric view of a fence showing mannerof securing together the vertical stays and line wires of a fence. Fig.2 is a similar view of a detail; and Fig. 3 is a like view of my clip.

Numeral 1 denotes a line wire, 2 a vertical stay or post, and 3 thelimbs of a clip. The clip is formed of wire by stamping or bending andit is an object of the improvement to provide fastening clips adapted tobe formed by machinery and thereby made ready for convenient applicationin fence building. Each clip when formed has abend 5 at or near thecenter of the piece of wire or metal of which it is made. This bend willbe of such relative dimensions that it will readily receive the verticalstay. From this bend 5 the wire on each side is extended a distanceapproximately equal to the sum of the diameters of stay and. line wiresof standard sizes to a bend terminating at 4, the direct distancebetween the wire at the bend 5 and the clip members 3 being bypreference equal to the sum of the diameters of the stay and line wires.A plane passing through that portion of the wire forming bend5 is atapproximately a-right angle to a plane tangential to the curves e attheir ontermostpoints.

A clip made as above described can be placed about a stay and dropped onthe line wire, where it will freely hang in such position as to presentthe members 3 for the tool to twist the same together thus avoiding themanipulations required in bending wire about the stay and line wires asheretofore practiced.

The particular form and dimensions herein set forth may be variedwithout sacrificing all the ad vantages of the improvement but they aredeemed best as they insure that the clip shall be suitably supported andheld when dropped into position preparatory to twisting the members 3together.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- The wire clipfor securing together theline and cross wires of a fence consisting ofthe piece of wire having the bend 5 and a bend4c in each member 3 thewire at said bend 5 being at a distance in direct line from the plane ofthe members 3, about equal to the sum of the diameters of said line andcross wires, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE M. DEPE W.

\Vitnesses:

E. M. GARDNER, J. B. COULARD.

